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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-02-04
Wonderful Mind Reading in Ger
many.

One OF the most interesting of these
outdoor experiments ever performed
took place in Berlin IL months ago
last Easter. Having purchased an
Easter egg and put into it a quantity
ofgold the egg was given to Mr.. Kasson,
the American Minister, to hide any
where within g. radius of q kilometer
of the Hotel de Rome, which was the
starting point. Accompanied by Count
Moltke, his Excellency DR.. Lucius,
and Prince Ratibon, as a committee
OF inspe ction, Mr.. Kasson took away
the egg and hid it, while remained
with the balance of the committee in
the hotel. Instead OF taking Mr.. Kas.
son by the hand, as ]. had done in
other cases, Icaused him to be con-
nected with me by q piece of thin
wire. One end Of tho wire was
twisted round my right wrist and the
other end round his left; the coil it.
self remained slack. Thus connected
we started on our errand Of search.
From time to time the wire was drawn
taut and it cut into our wrists with
the force exercised in pulling my sub
iect along; but as far as possible,
avoided actually touching his handwitli
my own. After leaving the Inter den
Linden we turned into 3 marrow street
and then into che Emperor Wilhelln'a
stables. ] went up to q corn box and
found it locked. For q moment j
took Mr.. Ka.sson's hand in mine ID
order to Increase the impression. This
=
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-02-04
What 1t Is To Be in Love,

TJOm tne AOOlSVllle COmnlefe1Rl.
Matte Allen, a tair-haired girl OF
nineteen Summers, residing near Ben
nettsville, tried to die the other day
because her lover, Charles McCurdy,
refused to longer smile on her and
transferred his affections to another
bewitching beauty Of the neighbor.
hood. When she learned that his
heart-strings had begun to p ay in an.
other direction her head became very
dizzy, and she fell in a swoon On the
floor, where she was heard by her
mother moaning piteonsly, ION, if I
could only die" Gentle hands lifted
her little form from off the floor, and
placed it on a bed. For four days she
refused to see anyone OF partake OF a
particle OF food. One OF the physi
clans sought young Nice urdy, and in
dnced him to visit the girl. Since
then she has been able to leave her
bed and hasg lvenup the idea of dying.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-02-04
The Railroad Travellers Rights.

From the Chicago Herald.
Myron T. Ely has done the public
some service in compiling from court
reports a manual of the railway pas
senger's legal rights. Why, when and
where may passenger be elected from
train is frequently perplexing ques-
ton for conductors, and the exercise
OF the right is certainly humiliatine
to passengers.
For instance, it is one thing to pre-
vent a drunken or disorderly person
or a sbad character" from boarding q
train, and quite another to expel
such g. one after being lawfully on
board.
But having lawfully allowed a
drunken man to get on board he can.
not be expelled during the journey un-
less he misbehaves.
Then, too, a company may refuse to
allow a passenger to board a train
without q ticket, but if he succeeds in
getting aboard he cannot be expelled
for want of a ticket if he tenders the
legal fare.
But ifyou refuse to pay your fare and
the train has been stopped for the
purpose OF putting you off, a subse-
quent offer to pay does not give you a
right to remain nor take from the con-
ductor a right to exclude you from the
car.
Nor having been put off do you gain
a right to re-enter Immediately on
rendering either the fare or 3 ticket.
You forfeit your right to continue on
that train.
Except that if the train stops at a
regular station and before being
elected there the fare is offered, the
conductor should receive 1t.
1t is familiar rule that in case it is
lawful to expel q passenger it must be
done with as little violence and force
as possible, and in g. manner so as not
to injure him.
In some states q statute provides
that the expulsion must be at a regu-
lar station or near some dwelling
house. A violation of such a provis-
ion makes the company liable
You must exhibit or deliver up g.
ticket when properly requested. You
cannot ride upon bogus or improper
ticket, nor on one which has ttexpired, I"
nor on a forged or-stolen ticket, nor
yet on one purchased with counterfeit
money. An Illinois decision makes
you liable to expulsion, without re-
dress, if you, having no ticket, refuse
to pay fare, even though the fare ask
ed be more than the price OF a ticket.
You may be elected for violation of
law, or for willful breaches of any
reasonable rules made by the COM
pany. You cannot ride on ticket
purchased with counterfeit money, if
the company's agents are apprised Of
that fact.
Where there is no such statute re-
quiring explosions to be made atsome
regular stopping place or near adwell-
ing, the passenger may he put off at
any convenient point, except that he
cannot be expelled where or in way
he will be knowingly exposed to in
jury.
The moral of all this is to buy q
clean ticket, providing you can't get g.
pass, and then behave yourself.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-02-04


only magnified my realization of my
fate. and the distressing sights had
seen crowded upon me like a night
mare. My wife at length surmised the
cause of my changed behavior, and
wrung the truth from me. She under
stood the terrors of the calamity that
had fallen upon me as fully as did.
There was nothing to be done but
face the situation as bravely as we
could. It would be a full year before
the disease began to manifest itself.
We determined that we would spend
that year as happily as we could in
each others company. At the first
manifestation of the disease 1 would
kill myself The idea of living to-
watch my own decay was some
thing not to be thought of for q mo-
mcnt. We carefully debated all means
of death, and this at last seemed to
me the best: lwould take q small
boat and row out into the harbor.
Then / would sit on the edge Of the
gunwale. shoot myself through the
head and fall overheard. You prob
ably think it strange / did not pre-
Ter morphine, or some other lees vio-
lent means of death. There was no
method of ending human existence
that / did not carefully canvass and
|of them all, chose that which have
described, because it was sure, speedy
and painless. k.
II think I lived ten year in the
next twelve months. The con-
damned murderer usually faces
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-02-04


Dear Sir: We think we have very
good news for you, and perhaps know
whom you are seeking. Will you
please come Immediately to Rose
Lodge. If we are mistaken ample
apologies will be given.
Two daysla later, whenwewere all in the
morning room, gentleman was adj
mitted. He greeted mamma with
grave court esy. hut seeing another oc.
cupant, half hidden by curtains
heavy folds, he started forward with
Joy. doubt, perp|exity, all written on
his face. ~ I. ..... 1 4
"Huldah! my wife! is it you1" It
And the strong man with martial
bearing, who had faced death and
done such prodisies in war, grew weak
as child with emotion, while she to
whom he had spoken, at first sound
Of his voice had risen, and tottered
and swayed like . reed shaken by the
wind. .e$s s Y. FISH,.
Convey! Conway!"was her greeting.
When the excitement had subsidized
we learned their history how, as
children, they had loved each other,
and when the young lieutenant was
ordered to q distant station, wild
with the heart break Of parting, they
had been secretly married and the
promise exacted that nothing should
be revealed until they met again.
Then came her fathers death, and
the young bride was sent to her En-
e.ish home and her guardians care.
Shortly after her arrival she saw the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-11-19

farmer who is great breeder of
fine and fancy geese. and has about
two hundred of these birds on his
farm, has to haul water three miles
for them.
The Chicago & Alton road runs
daily water trains through Spring
field south, and there is scarcely a
road in Southern Illinois that is not
more or less engaged in the same bus
mess, some of them employing all
the facilities they can command for
that purpose. The city of Ltchfield,
which has an excellent water supply,
is deriving a handsome revenue from,
the sale of water, at fixed price per
tank, to be delivered to the towns
along the roads passing through
there. 1t is evident that unless relief
arrives before hard freezing sets in,
actual distress will follow.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-11-19
Water Famine,

CHICAGO, Nov. IA. The probabiI-
tiles of a water famine in Central and
Southern Illinois are becoming alarm
ing. At Springfield, up to and in
Guiding yesterday, there is a def
cheney of 1916 inches of rainfall for
the year as compared with the aver.
age precipitation FOR the same portion
of the year for the last eight years.
Up to July 80 there was a slight ex-
cess over the average; so that the
deficiency has all occurred since then.
On account of the long drouth pre-
ceding the October dryness, the water
supply is at minimum. A United
States Deputy Marshal who Just re-
turned from Hamilton county, saws
he found the farmers there hauling
water ten miles for culinary uses. He
relates a case in Wayne county where
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-11-19
The New POStoffice Ruling.

The recent decision of the Third
Assistant Postmaster General in re-
gard to permissible printing and
writing on third and fourth class
matter has not been generally un.
derstoOd and has occasioned some in.
convenience among business nen.
The principal change from previous
custom is that though a name and
address may be printed upon the
wrapper or envelope containing Sec
ond, third or fourth class matter, the
business of the firm cannot be put
there. If it is under the recent ruling,
the matter can be held and subjected
to first class rates.
Upon any package Of fourth-class
matter the sender may write or print
his name and address, with the word
From" and there may be also writ,
ten or printed the number and names
of the articles inclosed, and may
write or print upon or attach to any
Sucn articles, by tag or label, a mark,
number, name or letter for the pur-
pose of Identification. From this it
will be seen that, in addition to the
name and address of the person or
persons to whom third and fourth
class matter shall be mailed. and
sender may write or print his name.
or that OF the firm or corporation.
preceded by the word From :" but
care must he taken that no writing or
printing designating the nature of the
business such as dry goods, groceries,
notions, ETC.. shall appear upon the
address, wrapper or envelope. nor the
words Gin haste, '"pIeaSe send out"
"impOrtant," nor any other words
not designated.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-11-19

The result in Ohio is exceedingly
gratifying. Foraker's plurality will
reach $4,000 and the Republicans will
have "a out of Sc members of the
Senate and 81 of the 109 members of
the House.
Foraker and his followers have
conducted most vigorous campaign,
the ground work of the platform be-
ing protection to American indus
tries, solid front against the pension
vetoes of the President and full rec.
ognition of the results of the war, a
free ballot and fair count. Foraker's
triumph is all the more signal from
the fact that the Administration was
fighting him and he was made the
object of attack by Democrats all
over the country.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-11-19
Goore, Steven ]. Caldwell, all Dem.

Moore. Steven J. Caldwell. all Dem
ocrats.
Charles-Francis NJ. Cox, Dem,
John T. Davis, Dem, A. Posey. Rep.
Caroline-James C. Horsey, DEM,
Thomas r. Green, Rep.
Dorchester - Fora HI, BrinsfieId,
D. w. Newberry, S. Lynn Percy, all
Democrats.
Frederick-Jacob Rohrback, Dan
lei E. Buckley, Manassas t. Grove
and George R. Stottlemyer, Demo
Gratis, and VIM. P. Morsell, Rep.
Garrett-E. M. Friend, Dem, and
George w. Wilson, Rep.
Hartford - Walter w. Preston,
VIM. S. Bowman, Henry w. Archer,
and Noble L. Mitchell, all Demo-
Gratis.
Howard-Wm. E. Linn and E. G..
Selby. both Democrats.
Kent-James H. Baker, Rep, and
John Brice, Dem.
neutrality-suspicious. Wootton,
Oliver H. P. Clark and Phillip D.
Laird, all Democrats.
Prince George's-Thomas G. Per-
rie, Pinkey A. Scraggs and Francis
NJ. Hall, all Democrats.
Queen Anne's-James Roe. John
B. Thomas, John t. Norman, all
Democrats.
Somerset - Robert F. Maddox,
George T. Rowe, George w. How.
eth. all Democrats.
st. Observation-Disclosures Wilkin-
son, d. E. Graves, both Republicans.
Talbot, Davis Clark. M. M. Hig.
gins and I'll. G. Dodsoh, all Republi-
cans.
Neutrality-suspicious. H. Harp and
J. ]. Koontz. Republicans, and John
B. Hayett and VIM. F. Smith, Dem
ocrats.
observation-disclosures w. H. White,
Walter G. Mann and Clayton C.
Parker, all Democrats.
Worcester - George M. Upshur,
Francis H. Purnell, Lemuel w. On
ley, all Democrats.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-11-19

The South Branch Inteiligencer,
published at Romney, w. Va, came
out in morning last week as a mark
of respect to William Harper, foun-
der, proprietor and for many years
editor of the paper. who died few
days since, aged 80. He was the
Oldest editor in the State in years and
service. He served in the Mexican
war and in the Confederate service
rose to be Brigadier. General. Dur
ing the war his press and Office were
destroyed. He founded the HatelIi-
gercer in 1929.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-11-19
Weekly Review of Trade.

NEW York, Nov. 11.-R. G. Dun
& Co.. in their weekly review Of
trade, says:
Elections and the Anarchists have
diverted attention somewhat during
the week, but an advance in prices
has been started by the government
crop reports made public on Thurs.
day and speculative operations since
have been remarkably large. The
cotton estimate causes an excited rise
of thirteen-sixteenths for the week
The estimate caused excitement in
grain and provision markets. Corn
rose l cent for the week. Oats fc.
Wheat &c. Pork and lard were ex.
cited and advanced. Hogs rose 10
cents, and beef 80 cents per 100
pounds.
Meanwhile liquidation abroad caus-
ed fall of half cent in coffee, and
reaction from previous booms reached
half cent in copper, 22c. in tin and
1c. in oil.
Stocks seemed stronger until Thurs.
day, when accounts of the probably
fatal illness of the Crown Prince
caused a sharp reaction in Berlin and
other continental markets. and some
selling here on foreign account, but
the opening was again stronger Fri
day. Trade accounts from all sections
are favorable as to the volume of
business, but there are still reports of
slow collections at many points, no.
tably at detroit and Kansas City,
while improvement in that respect
is noticed at IOmaha, st. Paul, and
other points, Iron is shade stronger
in tone in spite of the enormous pro-
duction. A sale of steel rails netting
3,160 tons is reported, but a consulta-
ton of makers is thought likely to
restore steadiness, and the demand
for bar is little better. Coal is in
great demand. Scarcity and high
prices prevail in the Ohio Valley,
owing to the prolonged low water.
Boot and shoe buyers are unusu-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-11-19

erful than the voices they are strang-
ling to death now"
Engle.-"Hurrah for AnarchyW
Fischer.-'Hurrah for Anarchy |!
This is the happiest moment Of my
life."
Parsons.-"May L be allowed to
speak? Will you let me speak, Sher-
iff Matson? Let the voice of the
people be heard !"
Fischer died very hard, as did also
Spies. Parsons also struggled and
kicked fearfully.
The pulse of all the Anarchists
stopped beating in 49, minutes.
They all died of strangulation.
None of their necks were broken.
The collins for the remains of the
Anarchists, plain black. with the sill
yer heads of screws for ornaments,
were carried to the gallows at 1912
P. NJ.
When the collins were brought to
the scaffold Matson exclaimed. .."His
will be done" The bodies were low
cred in the following order: Spies,
Fischer, Engle and Parsons. All
looked natural. The coffin lids we're
quickly screwed down. Paper tags
were then pasted on each for idHti-
fication. The remains of Engle md
Lingg, the suicide, were takenTa286
Milwaukee avenue. Fischer's wife
claimed his, Mrs. Spies took Au-
gusts and Mrs. Parsons received
those of her husband.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-11-19
The Old Veteran and His Flag.

CHICAGO, Nov. IA Grand Army
veteran bearing the stars and stripes,
emblazOned with the battles in which
he had fought, marched at the head
OF the anarchists funeral procession
yesterday. It's presence was resented
by the anarchists. They had been
prohibited from carrying the red flag,
and they appealed to the police to
prevent the veteran from Haunting
the stars and stripes before the cJrpses
of their brethren. For once the po-
lice would fain have obliged the an
archists, but they dared not. The
old man shook his flag in the face of
anarchy, and said he had braved
death under its folds upon the battle.
field. and he was prepared to die I'M
der it there. The police started to
prevent this affront to anarchy in the
presence of its dead. But the crowd
upon the sidewalk surged forward,
and, cheering for the OLD veteran and
the national emblem, forced the po.
lice back. From the Lake street
viaduct TO the depot the stars and
stripes held its place at the head of
the procession and was cheered all
along the route. This was significant
of the temper of the citizens of Chi
cago. In all the procession. as far as
the eye of spectator could deter
mine. there was not an American
face,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-11-19
JacksOn's ReiOinder.

Gen. Henry r. Jackson several
days ago wrote lette to ex-senator
Thurman. of Ohio. il regard to the
attack of the latter upon him. He
denies that he eyej was an Office
seeker; denies the charges concern
ing the Mexican mission; again ex-
plains his Macon speech, contending
there was nothing wrong in it, and
concludes as follows:
simply because of my having
made a speech of such a character,
npon such an occasion, to an audi
ence of veteran soldiers, called to-
gether for nopOlitical purpose what
ever, you and the swarm of insects
which have been buzzing about his
name, delighted, perhaps, in the
thought that they were inhicting up
on me the venom of their sting, have
held me up to the world as the vim
dicatiye enemy of the Democratic
party, prepared to harm it TO the full
extent of my malignant power. Is it
possible that we of the South are
thus to be welcomed back into the
Union even by the Democratic party
of the North ? Are we to stand in
perpetual terror of opening our
mouths anywhere or upon any oc-
casiOn, to say one word in commem-
Grafton of our past or in honor of our
dead, OF in vindication of what we
know to be the truth of history, lest
we may say something to injure the
Democratic party? Is it not suffi-
cient that we have been stripped of
our property and of many things far
dearer than property can ever be?
Must we consent also to sink in the
abysses of silence our good name d?
Must we keep orr peace unless we
are prepared to kiss the hand that
smites US, and TO place ourselves in
the rank of trucking hypocrites?
"Must our children grow up around
US hearing at the home Preside the
story of the past and realizing that
their fathers dare not repeat it in the
face of the world? Will this be the
school in which to train them for the
manful discharge of the grand du-
ties imposed by American civiliza-
ton upon the American citizen I?
From the time they begin to per-
ceive and to think for themselves,
thus to be crushed to the dust by the
cruel consequences that, however
pure and patriotic in fact their sires
may have been in the opinion of the
world, they were guilty of an enor-
nous historic crime, the shadow of
which must rest forever like a black
ignominy upon the pride, the hope
and the manhood of their posterity +?
Rather than this, / would indeed Sc
cede-not simply from the Union of
my fathers, but from my own native
State, so dear to my heart, and seek
If need be, home in the depths of
barbarism. Nay. rather than this /
would long for that barbaric con-
science which would enable me with
one movement of a DEVOTED arm to
sweep every drop of my blood in the
descending generations from the face
of the earth"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-11-19
The Four Anarchists Hanged.

CHICAGO, Nov. 1.-THE four An
archists, Parsons, Spies, Fischer and
Engle, were hanged at noon to-day.
There was no disturbance. They met
death calmly.
During the long hours of the night
the only newspaper men who were
admitted to the inner precincts of the
Jail were the representatives of the
Associated Press. They had quarters
in what is known as the lawyers
cage and were within ten feet of the
Anarchists.
AT HIP the condemned men were
given their final lunch in the jail.
After it was finished the sheriff be-
gan the reading of the death warrants
to the unfortunate men. He first
read the warrant of Spies. then to
Fischer, Engle and Parsons, in the
order named. The reading was fin
ished at 11:45.
In the meantime the deputies, had
began putting the shrouds on the
condemned. While the sheriff was
reading the warrant to Parson, Spies,
Fischer and Engle, in their shrouds,
stood at the grated door and said
goodbye to their friends in the yisi-
tors cage,
At 11:49 all was in readiness, and
the march to the scaffold began.
A command to the crowd fronting
the gallows that all must stop smok-
ing was giving at 1885. The dozen
or two who were using the weed
quenched the fire, some rather re.
luctantly, and the ashes were slowly
strewen on the pavement. Whether
this command was given out of con-
sideration for the doomed men, or as
presaution against the appalling pos
sibility of any treacherous bomb.
lighting in the corridor when the
fatal moment came, no person SEEM
ed aware. 1t was now 1885, and the
suspense of the crowd near the gal
lows was like slow torture. There
was no relief, and the newspaper men
gazed at the gallows and noted the
four ropes swaying lightly to and fro.
1t lacked just seven minutes and a
half of the hour of high noon when
a single white.shrouded figure, above
which was face of yellowish pallor
the face of August Spies. passed
the first post of the gallows. The
gaping crowd, ten feet below, half
rose involuntarily from their chairs
at the first glimpse of the apparition
advancing across the scaffold. Spies
looked calm and glanced at the re-
porters with trace of his old.timed |
cynical smile. He walked firmly
over the drop, guided by the grasp
of a deputy to the farthest end of the
gallows. Following close came Fisch-
err, close enough to touch Spies
shroud, had his hands not been pion-
Toned under the white muslin.
Fischer's countenance had a peculiar
glisten, totally unlike the ashiness of
Engle's heavy features. and in strange
contrast with the dead lack of color
in the pinched lineaments of Parsons.
The once jaunty yivacious Texan,
came last a withered old man.
AT ll:45 the drop was sprung and
the four Anarchists were at last and
forever beyond the reach of the law
which they had violated and defed.
Following are the last words of the
four dead Anarchists;
Spies.-"There will come a time
when our silence will be more pow
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-11-19

ally numerous for the season, and
very full trade is promised. Adj
vances in cotton goods are sustained
by large demand, and print cloths
advance. Wo1len goods also seem
in better request. and fine wool is
more firmly held.